# Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs ScrapingBee (slim)

> Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on maintenance & community. Both do scraping. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against ScrapingBee's 59.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ScrapingBee leads on maintenance & community. Both do scraping.

- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: B 63, rank #372 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md
- ScrapingBee: C 59.2, rank #504 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingbee.min.md
- Oxylabs Web Scraper API, good for Agents that need parsed Google, Amazon and other large-site results or bulk asynchronous jobs through one API. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 70; Schema & documentation, 68 against 60; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 68; Security & auth, 53 against 37. Also Runs on your own machine.
- ScrapingBee, good for Agents that mix general scraping with ready-made Google, Amazon and YouTube endpoints and want spend capped per call. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 85 against 72. Also No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | ScrapingBee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | ScrapingBee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | oxylabs, UAB | ScrapingBee (Oxylabs group) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` | `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 10 | 18 |
| MCP registry | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | 2024-07-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-10-14 | 2024-07-15 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 18k PyPI/wk | 132 stars, 49k npm/wk, 72k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |